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Financial struggles 'have worsened'
2013-08-02 01:01:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
More than half of UK adults are struggling to keep up with bills and debt repayments, a major survey of people's finances suggests.
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Global Warming Worsened Australia's Record Hot Summer
2013-06-27 18:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Human-caused global warming played a role in making this past summer Australia's hottest on record, a new study suggests. The summer of 2012-2013 probably won't retain its title for long; researchers say record-breaking scorching summers are five times more likely to occur now in Australia due to climate change. "Our research has shown that, due to greenhouse gas emissions, these types of extreme summers will become even more frequent and more severe in the future," study author Sophie Lewis...
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How Climate Change Worsened Violence in Syria
2013-03-06 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: In October 2010, just months before a Tunisian street vendor self-immolated and sparked what would become the Arab Spring, a prolonged drought was turning Syria`s verdant farmland into dust. By last month, more than 70,000 Syrians, mostly civilians, had been killed in the brutal and ongoing conflict between President Bashar al-Assad`s dictatorial regime and a coalition of opposition forces; just today, the UN announced that over one million refugees fled the country in the last two years. International...
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Feds: Delayed response worsened Yellowstone oil spill
2013-01-03 00:39:41| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Yellowstone River flows past the Exxon Mobil refinery in Billings, Mont., on July 6, 2011.
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Feds say Exxon response delay worsened Yellowstone oil spill
2013-01-02 21:15:03| Energy - Topix.net
Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.'s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River made the spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulators said.
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